RetiredTooSoon

RetiredTooSoon

Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician

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  1. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that it could be the epoxy or some of the other chemicals used in making the dentures. Either that, or she's allergic to something in the cleaning agents she uses on her false

  2. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I am a slow metabolizer of sux, so a dose that would put most people down for 10-15 minutes kept me paralyzed for over an hour and a half. I found out when I woke up from a 15 minute procedure and...

  3. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard more than a few people tell me they're allergic to ASA. When asked what the reaction was, they say it gives them an upset

  4. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    RetiredTooSoon replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    My mom is allergic to epoxies and Balsam of Peru. We'd never heard of Balsam of Peru until she had some bloodwork done to look for more...exotic allergies, as she some environmental allergies, but...

  5. Pain is subjective?

    RetiredTooSoon replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nursing instructor who had been around since Nightengale. She had found in her experience, both professional and personal, that patients who took regular pain meds (like q4h whether they need...

  6. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    RetiredTooSoon replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak globally, but I know in this part of Canada, there are two forms of the flu vaccine put out every year. The main shot, given to most people, does have Thimerosol in it. The other...

  7. A little grinch inside me came out!

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Using drugs and alcohol is a very common way to deal with mental illness-it's a way to numb the horror that can go on inside the brain. I've had both family members and friends get deeply into...

  8. I cringed on the inside

    RetiredTooSoon replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I was the same way. I ate reasonably well (the odd treat), exercised (gym class, plus bike riding, plus badminton and other physically active games) and I kept gaining weight. We asked my cousin,...

  9. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    RetiredTooSoon replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I go into psychotic delirium when given the flu shot. No way would I take it, manager's orders or not. My boss would have the option-take the risk I get the flu or be guaranteed I have to be off...

  10. Nurse fired for calling police

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    My GP's office has signs everywhere that disrespectful behaviour will not be tolerated toward any of the staff or other patients. Anyone displaying such behaviour will be removed from the clinical...

  11. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was in hospital in 2002 and one morning I was still asleep when the doctor came to do rounds. He called to me a few times, but I kept sleeping, so he asked a female nurse to wake me up. She...

  12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    A friend went in to ER for a fractured heel and was told he would need a CT of his foot to get a better look at the injury, as the swelling was causing problems with the clarity of the X-ray....

  13. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    RetiredTooSoon replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That would sound odd. I'm pretty sure the baby the parents brought into ER that night was a term baby-the age they gave and the size of the infant matched

  14. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    RetiredTooSoon replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maybe it's because the baby is now breathing on their own instead of being in utero? I wonder if the parents are worried that the hiccups will affect the baby's breathing or oxygenation. The other...

  15. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    RetiredTooSoon replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    I can't imagine how the staff must have felt in that case-they're going to be double and triple guessing themselves for a long time. I had a patient die by suicide while in hospital. I'd warned the...

  16. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    RetiredTooSoon replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Went into a local walk-in police station to get information on a new local bylaw and started chatting with the officer there. He'd just come from court, testifying on a domestic violence case. The...

  17. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    RetiredTooSoon replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember a young woman came into ER because she had felt a small lump in her neck, just under her jaw. She'd gone to her family doctor, who told her it was a lymph node and that she should monitor...

  18. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    RetiredTooSoon replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Twice I saw pink, cooing infants brought into ER by shaking, teary-faced parents. The reason they were in ER, so upset and worried for the health of their babies?? Baby 1: "My baby sneezed-twice!"....

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think most adult cough syrups have some alcohol in them, but not sure how much. I remember Nyquil making sleepy, which wasn't much of a buzz.

  20. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I wasn't a nurse at this time, but I think this still qualifies. My great-grandmother moved into a nursing home and various members of the extended family came to visit. One of the little cousins, who...

  21. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    RetiredTooSoon replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    A psych patient here was murdered in his bed by his roommate. The victim had been brought in for a psychotic episode, but was doing better and was quite calm and docile-not sure what his roommate's...

  22. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    My friend's husband was partial to Listerine. That and hairspray are two other cheap

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had such a hard time not laughing. I was mortified at what I had done to the guy (He really was great), but at the same

  24. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    RetiredTooSoon replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Or you hope they will. I know of a woman in florid psychosis sent home alone after a shot of Accuphase (who two days later could barely walk as the effects of the antipsychotic set in) and another...

  25. All RN's Required to circulate??

    RetiredTooSoon replied to RNERHOUSESUPOR's topic in Operating Room

    In the OR program I took (which is now for BScNs only, before was for diploma and degree-trained nurses), we were taught both scrub and circulating roles-in fact, we were scrubbing into cases before...